I am sure you have heard the famous saying, “Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer” (Sun-Tzu), well this week’s web wead is all about a little competitive intelligence… Blog style.
The following links are company blogs of some of our competitors:
IDS Sheer – ARIS
http://www.arisblog.com/
Web Methods Chief Technology Officer
http://www.ebizq.net/blogs/bpmblog/
Lombardi
http://blog.lombardi.com/
You may want to add them to your RSS feeds so you can keep tabs on what they are contributing and working on.
Are there more? Or at this point are you scratching your head and asking ‘what the heck is a blog and why should I care?’
Here is my personal recommendation for learning more about the power of blogs for business:
Naked Conversations: How Blogs are Changing How Companies Talk with Customers
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4.27.2009
4.16.2009
Weekly Web Wead - LinkedIn
LinkedIn is an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 170 industries and 200 countries.
Besides building and maintaining your professional network, here are some other ideas of how you might leverage this popular tool:
Smart Ways to Use Linked In
http://www.linkedintelligence.com/smart-ways-to-use-linkedin/
You Should be Using LinkedIn for Demand Generation
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/03/you-should-be-using-linkedin-for-demand.html
Recommendations Are Feel Good Business for a Recession
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/12/linkedin-recommendations-are-feel-good.html?obref=outbrain
Browse LinkedIn Answers
The LinkedIn site now allows you to broadcast your business-related questions to both your own network and the greater LinkedIn community.
http://www.linkedin.com/answers
Besides building and maintaining your professional network, here are some other ideas of how you might leverage this popular tool:
Smart Ways to Use Linked In
http://www.linkedintelligence.com/smart-ways-to-use-linkedin/
You Should be Using LinkedIn for Demand Generation
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2009/03/you-should-be-using-linkedin-for-demand.html
Recommendations Are Feel Good Business for a Recession
http://www.louisgray.com/live/2008/12/linkedin-recommendations-are-feel-good.html?obref=outbrain
Browse LinkedIn Answers
The LinkedIn site now allows you to broadcast your business-related questions to both your own network and the greater LinkedIn community.
http://www.linkedin.com/answers
4.09.2009
Weekly Web Wead - Twitter
What are YOU doing in 140 characters or less??? Twitter has become such a phenomenon as a new communication channel that it is worth gaining a little understanding of this web sensation.
Here’s a little head start to catching up with what Twitter is and how it is being leveraged in the sales and marketing arenas specifically:
Why Twitter Matters
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2008/tc20080514_269697.htm
Twitter: A Guide for Sales Professionals
http://www.passivepipeline.com/resources/feature-articles/109-twitter-for-sales-professionals.html
eMarketing Tips Using Twitter
http://www.consultingpulse.com/2009/04/emarketing-tips-using-twitter.html
To Tweet or Not to Tweet, That Is the Question
http://www.clickz.com/3633252
3.31.2009
BusinessGenetics to Offer Virtual Training and Other "Green" Options for Their Education Courses
BusinessGenetics, a pioneer in the Business Modeling, Business Requirements, Business Improvement and IT automation markets, is proud to announce the expansion of their virtual training class schedule. Currently BusinessGenetics offers their foundational course, Business Modeling Using xBML, over eight, three-hour, virtual sessions held monthly, and on an open enrollment basis. Students learn how to use the xBML modeling language to create and manipulate business models using the xBML W5 software, practice Document Co-formulation, Facilitated Co-Formulation and Project Co-Formulation. Virtually delivered versions of the advanced courses will also be available beginning in September 2009.
As with other decrease their carbon footprint. Historically, BusinessGenetics has supplied each student participant with a 100-200 page binder of course materials. Now, as part of BusinessGenetics commitment to reducing their carbon footprint, students will be provided with a personalized flash drive containing electronic files of all course materials as well as access to the same files on demand, stored on the BusinessGenetics practitioner community site. For those clients who may still request a printed binder, a portion of the $150 per binder fee will be used to purchase carbon offset credits.
"Expanding our efforts to reach our geographically dispersed client needs through our virtual training options was our first step," says Jane Johnson, Director of Education for the Englewood-based company. "Reducing our reliance on hard copy materials delivery is the correct next step in support of both our business and environmental sustainability."
As with other decrease their carbon footprint. Historically, BusinessGenetics has supplied each student participant with a 100-200 page binder of course materials. Now, as part of BusinessGenetics commitment to reducing their carbon footprint, students will be provided with a personalized flash drive containing electronic files of all course materials as well as access to the same files on demand, stored on the BusinessGenetics practitioner community site. For those clients who may still request a printed binder, a portion of the $150 per binder fee will be used to purchase carbon offset credits.
"Expanding our efforts to reach our geographically dispersed client needs through our virtual training options was our first step," says Jane Johnson, Director of Education for the Englewood-based company. "Reducing our reliance on hard copy materials delivery is the correct next step in support of both our business and environmental sustainability."
3.13.2009
BG Education Going 'Green'
Not the green associated with the upcoming St. Patrick's day holiday or the luck of the Irish, but BG Education is going 'green'...going paperless. No more printing and assembling binders. You’ll no longer find Michele spreading out the binder assembly line across the BG offices in preparation for each classroom course.
Instead, we will be providing our course materials in two ways:
- Course confirmation emails will contain information to join the BG community course cadre and all materials will be available on the group page for immediate download and printing.
- Each participant will receive a BG flash drive on the first day of class that will contain all course materials electronically for their reference.
More important than the incremental labor savings (estimated at about 1 hour/binder), material/printing savings (approximately $40/binder) and the associated shipping costs, we are embracing a more environmentally friendly approach to our materials delivery.
We have already been using electronic material delivery since launching our virtual courses last year. But we will now expand this to all future deliveries of our entire course curriculum.
For clients still stuck in the last century, we will offer to provide a printed binder for an additional fee of $150/binder. A portion of which will be used to purchase carbon offsets for their production.
2.24.2009
Welcome to the Cyber 'Hood
“Corporate memory (CM) is the total body of data, information and knowledge required to deliver the strategic aims and objectives of an organization. A corporate memory is the combination of a repository, the space where objects and artifacts are stored, and the community, the people that interact with those objects to learn, make decisions, understand context or find colleagues.” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_memory)
We are very pleased to be launching our BusinessGenetics community, xBML Practitioners, as a way for us to develop, gather and document our own ‘corporate memory’. This social network based site is built using a very user friendly, WYSIWYG* web software called Ning.
Initially, we will be piloting this community with our consultants as part of our Accelerated Business Improvement Using xBML internal certification beginning in March. But we are extending an invitation to everyone at BG to join this community, take a look around, and perhaps even begin to contribute to our collective BG knowledge base.
We are very pleased to be launching our BusinessGenetics community, xBML Practitioners, as a way for us to develop, gather and document our own ‘corporate memory’. This social network based site is built using a very user friendly, WYSIWYG* web software called Ning.
Initially, we will be piloting this community with our consultants as part of our Accelerated Business Improvement Using xBML internal certification beginning in March. But we are extending an invitation to everyone at BG to join this community, take a look around, and perhaps even begin to contribute to our collective BG knowledge base.
I am personally very interested to see if this type of community will thrive or die in our current corporate culture. Stay tuned.
1.14.2009
2009 Education Calendar Announced
Whether you are looking for foundation or advanced level training, traditional classroom or virtual delivery options, we have the xBML course just for you.
Seats are limited, so register online now for best availabilty. Custom and client dedicated courses are also available.
Business Modeling Using xBML
This foundational course is comprised of xBML methods & model formulation, Business Co-Formulation (BCF) and Project Co-Formulation (PCF) methods. Students will learn how to use the xBML modeling language to create and manipulate business models using the xBML W5 software. Students will practice Document Co-Formulation (DCF), a method for converting implicit and explicit organizational knowledge into the xBML language, and develop work session facilitator skills for purposes of conducting Facilitated Co-Formulation (FCF) work sessions. Project Co-Formulation, a specific application of the xBML methodology to aid in the successful, multi-dimensional and complete definition of any project will also be introduced.
NOTE: Additional 'offline' time will be necessary to complete individual exercises interspersed throughout the course content and virtual 'office hours' may be scheduled by the instructor to provide individualized exercise support as needed.
Business Improvement Using xBML
This course builds upon the prerequisite Business Modeling Using xBML™ foundation level course to prepare students to utilize existing xBML business models to analyze and improve their businesses. Student teams are presented with a case example as the basis for them to plan, organize, and execute a business improvement project. This intensive, hands on course culminates with the teams preparing and presenting a sample business case for the fictitious company's CEO and board. Topics include: Issue Analysis, Business Dimension Analysis, Root Cause, Cycle Time Reduction, Future State Modeling, Visioning and Transformation Planning.
Seats are limited, so register online now for best availabilty. Custom and client dedicated courses are also available.
Business Modeling Using xBML
This foundational course is comprised of xBML methods & model formulation, Business Co-Formulation (BCF) and Project Co-Formulation (PCF) methods. Students will learn how to use the xBML modeling language to create and manipulate business models using the xBML W5 software. Students will practice Document Co-Formulation (DCF), a method for converting implicit and explicit organizational knowledge into the xBML language, and develop work session facilitator skills for purposes of conducting Facilitated Co-Formulation (FCF) work sessions. Project Co-Formulation, a specific application of the xBML methodology to aid in the successful, multi-dimensional and complete definition of any project will also be introduced.
- February 23 - 26 & March 2 - 5 (Virtual)
- March 23 - 26 & March 30 - April 2 (Virtual)
- April 20 - 23 & April 27 - 30 (Virtual)
- May 11 - 14 & May 18 - 21 (Virtual)
- June 15 - 18 & June 22 - 25 (Virtual)
- July 13 - 16 & July 20 - 23 (Virtual)
- August 10 - 13 & August 17 - 20 (Virtual)
- September 14 - 17 & September 21 - 24 (Virtual)
- October 12 - 15 & October 19 - 22 (Virtual)
- November 9 - 12 & November 16 - 19 (Virtual)
- December 7 - 10 & December 14 - 17 (Virtual)
NOTE: Additional 'offline' time will be necessary to complete individual exercises interspersed throughout the course content and virtual 'office hours' may be scheduled by the instructor to provide individualized exercise support as needed.
Business Improvement Using xBML
This course builds upon the prerequisite Business Modeling Using xBML™ foundation level course to prepare students to utilize existing xBML business models to analyze and improve their businesses. Student teams are presented with a case example as the basis for them to plan, organize, and execute a business improvement project. This intensive, hands on course culminates with the teams preparing and presenting a sample business case for the fictitious company's CEO and board. Topics include: Issue Analysis, Business Dimension Analysis, Root Cause, Cycle Time Reduction, Future State Modeling, Visioning and Transformation Planning.
- March 9 - 12(Washington DC)
- May 4 - 7 (Denver)
- June 29 - July 2 & July 6 - 9 (Virtual)
- September 28 - October 1 ( Washington DC)
- November 30 - December 3 (Denver)
Business Requirements Using xBML
This three day course will provide students a detailed approach to utilizing business models to create customized business requirements for IT business automation initiatives. The course leverages real-world examples and case studies to illustrate how to identify the project context, discern true business requirements, and examine industry issues, solutions and results achieved by using xBML business models to generate robust business requirement documentation.
- March 16 - 18 (Washington DC)
- June 8 - 10 (Denver)
- August 3 - 5 (Washington DC)
- November 2 - 4 (Denver)
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